Zida Zhou
Papers
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Total Citations
50
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About
Zida Zhou is an emerging robotics researcher whose work spans aerial manipulation, legged locomotion, and robotic grasping, with a particular focus on developing intelligent control systems for complex, dynamic robotic platforms. His most recognized contribution, "Control of an Aerial Manipulator Using a Quadrotor with a Replaceable Robotic Arm" (2021, 22 citations), introduced a flexible control framework that elegantly addresses the challenges of decoupled aerial-arm dynamics, enabling seamless arm replacement without controller redesign. Building on this foundation, Zhou has advanced aerial manipulation further through energy-efficient multi-task frameworks and learning-based whole-body controllers capable of operating in challenging outdoor conditions including strong winds. Equally notable is his pioneering work in spined quadruped locomotion, where his model predictive control approach for active-spine robots (2023, 16 citations) delivered computationally efficient solutions suitable for real embedded platforms. His more recent biomimetic spinal robotic system, guided by GNN-MPC methods, reflects his growing interest in bio-inspired agility. Zhou has also contributed to robotic grasping through volumetric contact-point detection for 7-DoF manipulation. Collectively accumulating nearly 50 citations, his research establishes him as a versatile contributor pushing the boundaries of both aerial and terrestrial robotic autonomy.
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- 5Volumetric-based Contact Point Detection for 7-DoF Grasping2 citations · 2022
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